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v.su f t.he w.-__.--i3i--_-i ,;â€¢.â– â– . e>:i ,)â– )â– year two dollars payable in ivan bui if nol paid in advance two dollars n ! fifty cts will e charged tk\r_i inserted at j i for the first and 25 cts m.i - 1 m j ien insertion court ordprs chirged g5 per ct higher than these rates a liberal dedoe tion to th '- â– who advertise by the year s to the editors must be post paid the mecklenburg declaration a few days since in the senate mr shepard submitted a report from lhe committee to whom was referred the com munication of the governor in relation to the colonial and revolutionary history of xorth carolina accompanied by le fol lowing highly interesting letter from mr bancroft the american minister at lon don to the hon david l swain of this state the fetter is as follows 90 eaton square london ) 4th july 1848 j my dear sir : i hold it in good augu ry that your letter of the 12th of june reached me by the herman just in time to he answered this morning you may be sure that j have spared no pains to discover in the british state pa per office a copy of the resolves of the committee of mecklenburg ; and with entire success a glance at the map will 5j10.v you that in those days the traffic of that part of north carolina took a southerly direction and people in charles ton and sometimes even in savannah knew what was going on in charlotte town before governor martin the first account of " the extretordinary re solves by lhe people in charlotte town llecklenbury county was scut over to england by sir james wright then go vernor ol georgia in a letter of the 20th of june 1775 the newspaper thus trans lated is still preserved and is the number : 98 of the south carolina gazette and country journal tuesday june 13 1775 i read the resolves you may be sure with reverence and immediately obtained a copy of them ; thinking myself the sole discoverer i do not send you the copy ; as it is identically the same with the pa per which you enclosed to me ; but i for ' ward to you a transcript of the entire let ' ter of sir james wright the newspa ' per seems lo have reached him after he ( had finished his despatch for the para ; graph relating to it is added in his own ' hand-writing lhe former part ofthe letter , '' being written by a secretary or clerk [ '' 1 have read a great many papers rela ' ting to the regulators and am having copies made of a large number your own state ought to have them all and the expense would be for the state insignifi ! cant if it does not send an agent on pur ' pose a lew hundred dollars would copy all you need from the state paper oflice on al north carolina topics the reg ulators are on many accounts important i tht-;i complaints wen well founded and i were so acknowledged though their op , i pressors were only nominally punished < they form the connecting link between i resistance to lhe swamp act and the movement of 17 75 ; and they also played i a glorious part in taking possession ofthe mississippi valley towards which they were carried irresistibly by their love ot ; ' independence it is a mistake if any i have supposed that the regulators were i cowed down by their defeat at the alle i nance like the mammoth they shook j i the bolt from their brow and crossed the ! i mountains i 1 shall always be glad to hear from you ' and to be of use to yon or your state very truly your , " g eol tg e b a nc roft d l swain esq chapel hill north carolina the above letter establishes the fact beyond all question that independence was irsl proclaimed in mecklenburg north carolina in mm 1775 thc letter of sir james wright refer red to by mr bancroft closes as follows by the enclosed paper your lordship will see the extraordinary resolves of the people of charlotte town in mecklen burg county ; and i should not be surpris ed if the same should be done every where else â€” n ('â– standard col robert t paine however tardy perhaps they may have been hitherto mani testations are now daily multiplying of the appreciation in which lhe services and character of the officer whose name heads this paragraph are held by the people of that state whose regiment in mexico he did so much to elevate the malignity of certain politi cal foes at home may have the effect lemporariiy lo retard tributes to that merit hich is so eminently bis ; but the recol lection and proper estimate of the same will remain long after thair virulence will have been forgotten we had the gratification of being pre sent at the presentation to col paine on thursday last of a most rich and superb pair of silver pitchers by the patriotic citizens of wilmington through the hands of their committee composed of messrs wright t d meares and robert h cowan the people of that whole-souled immunity have thus added to the envia ble reputation which they have always of being foremost in every act which could redound to the credit of the slate the presentation address was deliver ed by rohert h cowan esq and we are quite sure that we refiect the sentiments Â°' all who heard it when we pronounce f'to have been equally beautiful and feel , 8 in its conception and handsome and chaste in its delivery our sister of wil was as fortunate in the selection i her representatives upon the occasion has shown herself generous in be , rowing honors upon the meritorious and the reply of col paine who j tito par at ttvt a w a tfixjai a at 1 uu v arty lill i a w a 1 vttlvl al i â€¢ bruneb & james ) editors .- prophet \ " u a .^â„¢" Â«" â„¢<* ) x\ew series do this and l.i3e--ty is safe > genu harrison volume v number 37 salisbury n c thursday january 18 1849 was much affected was characterized by a grateful sense of thc honor paid him â€” raleigh register supreme court â€” this tribunal con vened in this city on monday last all the judges present the following gentle men have been admitted to county court practice : thomas webb of hillsborough ; l d pender of tarborough ; william cook of chatham john b bynum of north ampton ; john d flyman of edgecomb ; rufus w wharton of guilford ; joseph s cannon of perquimans ; alexander mclean of robeson ; menalcus lank ford of franklin ; j b ben bury eden ton ; william s bryan of raleigh r k bryan of fayetteville : thos beck with plymouth ; c n davis marion ; a w burton lincolton ; j r stubbs beaufort ; ii dek cabiniss shelby ; h b hardy windsor ; jasper w davis stokes county ; dewitt c stone louis burg ; thomas c manning edenton ; george b wetmore richmond county ; jesse p smith and ralph buxton fay etteville j marshall clement mocks ville james g scott greensboro jo seph branch batchelor halifax ; and william c hunter newbern â€” register compliment to col paine our readers were informed some months since that many of the friends of colonel paine in this place had it in contempla tion to show their appreciation of his gal j lant services by some suitable public de ; monstralion the presentalion of a pair of silver pitchers was finally resolved on ! and we are happy to be able to state that ! the pitchers are now in this place they are extremely beautiful chaste and rich ; ' and are the more appropriate because of their great durability they will soon be delivered to colonel paine in raliegh and our townsmen messrs wm a wright thos d meares and robt w cowan have been selected to perform the grateful task of presenting them â€” wil com the climate of florida â€” the editor of the st augustine herald on the 14th ultimo mentions the receipt of some beau tiful " guava two cotton blooms and specimens of sugar besides having seen a half blown peach and having figs with in reach of his office window â€” all the pro duct of florida in the month of decern i ber the tallahassee sentinel slates that it was not until the morning after christmas ihat the atmosphere at that place put on a spice of chilliness the weather which was rather unseasonable had caus ed the sprouting of the mulberry trees and garden vegetables of all sorts and even ripe strawberries had been found in the , woods on the outskirts of the town caught at last the three swindlers who have been prowling about in the counties of moore cumberland robeson and richmond in north carolina and in marlborough dis trict in this state for several weeks past were arrested on friday last and commit ted to the jail of richmond county they had succeeded in passing oft several hun dred dollars in ten dollar counterfeit bills on the bank of cape fear one hundred dollars of which was paid to mr charles dry of union county n c in the district of marlborough s c for a horse and 8 iso to mr noah gibson of richmond for a couple of horses we bave been unable to learn any of the particulars fur ther than the above and that they had re fused to give their names or answer any questions whatever the country is rife with such swindlers and the people should be upon the lookout â€” chcretu gazette the legislature of the state of ken tucky is now in session though we have not the particulars of its organization which are lumbering along iu the mail bags we know per telegraph that the hon thomas metcalfe now holding a seat in the senate by appointment ofthe executive filling the seat lately occu pied by mr crittenden has been elected by the legislature to serve out the resi due of that senatorial term it will ex pire we are sorry to say on the 3rd of march next â€” nat int an anecdote which has been the rounds of the papers has just started again it relates to the rev dr kirk of boston who officiated on sunday in the rev mr beecher's church viz : early in life a la dy of fortune whose attention was awa kened towards him by his conspicuous talents wrote bim a note offering her heart fortune and hand the rev dr however with more terseness than gal lantry replied to her that she had better give her heart to the lord her fortune to the church and reserve her hand for him who should ask it hot hon james c dobbin and c b hassell esq have been elected by the legislature trustees of the university two yet remain to be chosen st ate legislature tuesday jan 2 senate the bill to incorporate statesville male academy in iredell passed its 1st read ing mr wroodfin modified his amendment after which further proceedings were sus pended by a message from the other house and the senate proceeded to the special order being the election of 4 trustees of the university , mr albright from the committee ap pointed to superintend the election for four trustees of the university reported that mr dobbin was duly elected and no one else had a majority third reading and passage of bills to incorporate the camden guards ; to re ' vive an act to incorporate the town of trent bridge in jones ; to amend the laws in relation to the collection of taxes in the town of newbern second reading and passage of bills to incorporate the town of salisbury ; to incorporate davidson mining and smelt ing company on motion of mr gilmer the bill in re lation to the wilmington and raleigh railroad was made the order of the day for friday next the bill to provide for the payment of1 the debts of the state to the bank of cape fear and bank of the state and other li abilities for endorsement for the raliegh and gas'on railroad c was read the 2d time amended on motion of mr shep i ard and passed on motion of mr gilmer the bill was read the third time mr thompson of wake moved to lay the bill upon the table which motion was rejected by a large majority the bill then passed house of commons mr smith moved to take up the bill to unite roanoke rail road and thc sea j board and roanoke railroad companies ; carried mr smith offered an amendment which ! was adopted the bill as amended pass j ed its second reading mr mebane announced to the house the arrival of hamilton c jones member from rowan elected iu tbe place of jno w ellis mr jones was then invited to the clerk's desk and after being duly qualified took i his seat mr smith moved fo put the bill which had just passed its 2d reading on its 3d reading carried ; and the bill passed its third and last reading mr blow moved to take up and con sider the bill to impose an additional tax on the venders of foreign made riding ve hides carried mr wads worth moved to refer the bill to the committee on finance upon this question there was a short discussion between messrs mebane courts blow stevenson and stanly the speaker cut i short the debate by announcing the arri val of the hour for taking up the joint or der â€” the election of trustees and the i house ihen proceeded to ballot the speaker announced the hour for ! taking up the special order of the day lhe bill to establish the bank of fayetteville on motion of mr dobbin the bill was , postponed until tomorrow the house then assumed the consider alion ofthe bill in relation to foreign made '. vehicles â€” the question being on the mo , tion of mr wadsworth to refer the bill to committee on finance â€” which did not prevail mr wadsworth moved to amend by striking out 100 and insert 50 car i ried i the bill then passed its third reading wednesday january 3 1849 senate third reading and passage of bills â€” to amend an act to incorporate the town of monroe ; to extend the time for register ing giants cc ; to incorporate davidson mining and smelting company ; a bill in relation to a road in ashe county ; to in corporate the town of salisbury the bill supplementary to the act to lay off and establish a county named forsythe was taken up and read the se cond time mr gilmer moved to strike out all af ter the enacting clause aud insert a sub stitute which he offered ; but before it was read the senate took up in committee of the whole mr patterson in the chair the special order â€” being the bill to incorpo rate the north carolina railroad com pany after a number of slight amendments mr bower moved to strike out the 5th section of the bill mr shepard on behalf of the commit tee proceeded to address the senate in explanation of the general character of the bill this speech was characterized by great plainness in its demonstrations and ability the motion of mr bower was then re jected on motion of mr halsey the commit tee rose and reported progress and then the senate adjourned house of commons mr williams moved to take up and consider the bill to establish the bank of fayetteville carried mr caldwell ofguilfoid moved to a mend the bill by striking out 300,000 and insert 800,000 adopted mr dobbin offered several amendments which were adopted the bill as amended passed its 2d rea ding by a vote of 81 in thc affirmative to 27 in the negative on motion of mr jones of rowan the bill was put upon its third reading mr mebane moved to strike out the word 'â€¢ equivalent and insert " specie â€” rejected â€” the bill passed 3d reading thursday jan 4 senate mr patterson reported that c b has sel was elected a trustee of the univer sity mr lane a bill to incorporate the town of ashboro in randolph the senate then went into committee ofthe whole mr patterson in the chair and took up the bill to incorporate tbe north carolina railroad company and for other purposes several amendments were then proposed and adopted mr gilmer proposed to strike out two millions and insert three in the 65th line ofthe loth section and to alter oth er provisions of tbe bill so as to accord with making the capital stock of the company three millions the amend ment was rejected mr gilmer then moved another amend ment to the effect that in certain cir ! cumstances the treasurer should be au thorized to subscribe one and a half mil lions giving the state two thirds of the capital stock the amendment was re jected the committee then rose and reported the bill to the house with the amend ments which were agreed to house of commons . mr kelly presented a memorial from some religious society and moved its re ference to the committee on propositions and grievannes mr miller moved to lay on the table the chair stated that the memorial would lie over until to-morrow mr campbell presented a memorial in relation to the militia referred to the committee on military affairs mr white introduced a bill to repeal an act to establish a poor work house in the counties of jones and randolph re ferred to the committee on judiciary mr hayman introduced a bill to auth orize major jno clark of beaufort to make a road referred to the committee on propositions and grievances mr regan introduced a bill to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors in the vicini ty of floral college referred to the committee on private bills mr ferebee introduced a bill to pro vide for the establishment of a medical board in north carolina ; which on mo tion of mr f was ordered to be printed and made the order of the day for monday next evening session mr mcdowell of iredell moved to make the bill to establish the new county of graham the order of the day for satur day next carried mr cherry from the committee on ed ucation reported favorably to the bill to authorize the superintendents of common schools for the county of rowan to in vest a part of their funds passed its second reading friday jan 5 senate mr ashe moved that the senate take up and consider the bill lo locate the judg es of the superior courls the bill was read the second time and passed it provides that in all elections of judges hereafter the choice shall be made from some one circuit in which no judge resides cc the bill to provide for making a turn pike road from salisbury west to the line of the state of georgia passed its third reading ayres 26 noes 20 mr gilmer moved to take up and con sider the bill supplementary to the act of the present session dividing the county of stokes the question being on the sub stitute proposed by the judiciary commit tee a discussion of some length commenc ed here between messrs gilmer and ex um in favor and messrs reich and tho mas of davidson against the substitute to whom mr gilmer made a short rejoin der and was followed by mr thomas of davidson after which mr patterson gave notice of an amendment he desired to offer to the original bill when it shall come up air p explained and advoca ted his amendment the question was then taken on strik ing out the original bill and determined in the negative yeas 19 nays 26 the question recurred on the passage of the supplemental bill when mr woodfin offered an additional sec tion to th bill which produced some dis cussion and after being modified by the 1 mover was opposed by mr smith the amendment was rejected the question was then taken on the passage of the bill and determined in the affirmative yeas 30 nays 8 mr drake reported that lewis thomp son was elected trustee of the university no other person having a majority house of commons the following passed their 2d and 3j reading : a bill to open and improve a road from ashe county to yancv ; a bill authorising certain persons to collect ar rears of taxes ; a bill to amend a chapter ; of revised statutes concerning religious societies ; a bill to incorporate davidson mining company mr palmer presented a memorial from citizens of stanly county praying for the t removal of a justice of the peace re ferred to committee on judiciary saturday jan 6 senate mr halsey a bill to make if the duty of sheriffs c who make sales of land toe under execution to make deeds for the same same reference mr lane a bill to impose taxes on ! transient merchants in any of the incor porated towns of this state the senate then proceeded to unfinish ed business being the consideration of the bill to incorporate the north carolina railroad mr bethel's motion to post pone said bill indefinitely having been i withdrawn the question recurred on mr bower's motion to strike out the fifth sec tion of the bill mr rogers moved an amendment to said section providing that the stockhold ers and abligors of the r & g railroad themselves shall subscribe 500,000 c and when the board of internal improve ments and the attorney general shall re port iheir solvency they shall be releas ed c the object of lhe amendment was to secure from these stockholders and obli gors as much subscription as the amount of their bonds to the state mr joyner was of opinion ihat to impose such a bur den upon them was more than they could bear â€” and if the success of this measure depended upon this amendment it would operate fatally those gentlemen who took part in the debate on this amendment were messrs joyner shepard thompson of bertie gilmer worth and smith the question was then taken on mr rogers's amendment as modified ayes 13 noes 31 so the amendment was re jected mr joyner moved an amendment to come in at the end of the 5th section that whenever 500,000 shall be paid by said stockholders and obligors and on payment of costs incurred they shall be discharg ed occ mr smiih oilered an amendment as a substitute for the fifth section after the enacting clause providing that those who may subscribe shall give adequate secu rity to the state for payment arc and , those who thus subscribe shall be released ; to the amount of their subscriptions and i when 500,000 shall be paid in all the stockholders and obligors shall be dis charged upon payment of costs zc the question was taken on mr joy ti er's amendment which was rejected ayes â– ; 19 noes 24 mr smith's amendment being then in order a division of the question was call ed for and was first taken on striking out all after the enacting clause and by ayes i 23 noes 21 prevailed the question recurred on inserting , which was rejected ayes 21 noes 21 mr bower's motion to strike out the fifth section was then carried mr gilmer moved to strike out " two and insert three making the capital stock three millions agreed to the question was then laken on tlie passage of the bill on its second reading by yeas and nays as follow : those who voted in the affirmative are messrs albright ashe bell daniel davidson gilmer halsey hargrove haw kins joyner lane miller patter son shepard smaw thomas of david son thomas of haywood thomp.^on of wake washington woodfin and worth 21 those who voted in the negative are messrs barnard berry bethel bower collins conner drake exum faison graham hester kendall move murcht son reich rogers smith speight spicer thompson ot bertie walker ward watson willey and woolen â€” 25 the engrossed resolutions approving of the project of a whitney for a railroad lo the pacific ocean being read mr shepard moved to lay them on the table alongside of the north carolina railroad bill decided in the affirmative by yeas 40 noes 6 the chair presented a message from governor manly enclosing a letter from miss dix in reply to the resolutions of the general assembly and the senate adjourned messrs albright and hawkins oted in the negative at first but afterwards changed their vote to the affirmative sa did mr thompson of wake house of commons * a message was received from governor j manly transmitting a communication from miss l)ix in reply to a resolution of thanks passed by ihe iwo mouses which on motion of mr martin was sent to the senate a message was received from the sen ate transmitting a report from the joint â€¢ select committee on swamp lands which was concurred in also a bill to provide for making a turnpike road from salis bury to ihe georgia line which passed its first reading mr canady from lhe select commit tee to whom was referred lbe bill to in corporate the granville savings bank re ported lhe same hack to the house and recommended its passage passed its 2nd reading mr mcmnllen moved to take up and consider the bill to incorporate the sav ings bank of milton carried the passage of the bill was advocated by mr mcmullen and opposed hy messrs mebane satterthwaite steve nsoo and stanly the bill did no pass mohdav jan 8 senate mr gilmer introduced a biil to incor porate greensboro and ml airy turn pike company passed its lirst reading mr graham moved the reconsideration ofthe vote by whicli t'ae bill to incorpor ate the north carolina railroad company i was rejected on saturday last the mo ! tion prevailed and the bill was made the special order for thursday next mr ashe moved that the bill to locate the judges of the superior courts be put on its third reading after some discussion between messrs gilmer ashe smith and thomas of hay wood the bill passed ayes 32 noes 14 tbe engrossed bill to lay oil tbe stale into eight judicial circuits passed its first reading on motion of mr ashe the use of the senate chamber was granted on tomor row afternoon to a committee from wil mington for the purpose of presenting a pair of pitchers to col paine mr lillington lhe senator from row an and davie who had been unexpected ly called away on business of importance and had been absent during the past week appeared in the senate to day and resum ed his seat â€” reporter house or commons mr mcintosh presented a memorial and bill lo attach a part of wilkes county to alexander referred to committee on propositions and grievances mr court from the committee nn proposi tions and grievance reported unfavorably to the hill to emancipate jno good on motion of mr jones of orange the bill was indefinite ly postponed also unfavorably to lhe bill to authorize a free colored man of wayne io e mancipate his wile ami children mr shufonl moved lo postpone the biil indefinitely on this question there was a short discussion partici pated in hy messrs brogden miller court and stanly mr brogden opposed indefinite postponement and exposed at some ien^lh the peculiar and reat hardships of the case before the house mr b was followed by messrs miller mn courts in support ol indefinite postponement ; when mr stanljf s:iiÂ«i iha this was a rase t f real hardship and be had beard ihe remarks oflhe gentleman from wayne not without being mov ed by ihe representation mr s said hi hill related lo a eery unfortunate class of our popu lation and though li did not v ai bat their number should he increased yet il was imt the policy ofour laws nor in accordance with thu feelings ot our people to keep them iu a degrad ed state among us i propose an amendment giving the peliti iners in 7:7 c i the prii of leaving ih state within a certain lived pe riod â€” say len years or less â€” after the passage of this act il ihey are not emancipated as this bill contemplates ihey wiil remain at free except in name the amendment 1 propose will hold oui to them inducements for struggling tor the means of going to some home v here they wil he more respected and may ba uscf_.i citizens 1 hope tha motion for indefinite postponement will he withdrawn lhal 1 may oiler the amend ment i desire i believe sir it is better to af ford facilities for emancipation lhan fo reiu*e ihem absolutely i'he laws a ihey now stand are too severe and interpose difficulties lo e mancipation which i wish to e lessened the following is lhe amendment offered by mr stanly provided tha lhe slaves hereby emancipat ed shall iwt have ll.e benefit of ibis act unless they shall leave lhe stale of north carolina within five vein afier ihe passage ofthis act the motion lor indefinite postponement was not withdrawn the bill was postponed â€” 56 to 53 mr courts also reported unfavorably lo tha bill aulhori.-i danl skein lo emancipate hii wife on motion i wa indefinitely postponed the speaker announced the lima for taking in the special order 7 a bill providing for ihe establishment ofa medical board evening i ession the hoose resumed i considerati n ofthe bill vi establish a me li ... b aid in and for lhc state the question was taken on the pas-a of the bill andd scided intbeaffiraiativ â€” a io 15 mr barrii ger moved to take up the bill la incorporate the charlotte and danville roar and make it the oroer ofthe ay for ll o'clock to-morrow lost mr caldwell of burke moved lo mu ike bill to provide foi a t irnpike road fr m salia burv to the <> rg â– line lhe order of lhc day for friday at 12 o'clock carried on motion of mr mcdowell lhe bill lo ea tablish a new county lÂ»y the name ct irahaaa wis laken up mr willi rn :- i ve.iit.r the iod sfin ' ' ' ponementofihe bill on this question m mcdowell and williams i !"' atnae alter which ihe muti n pi 69 ;' j tlie washing on nion states tbat a letter has just been r ived by lhe war department irom ma r gen 1 avl-r re , signing his commission in ihe army or the i united states to take effect on the list january

v.su f t.he w.-__.--i3i--_-i ,;â€¢.â– â– . e>:i ,)â– )â– year two dollars payable in ivan bui if nol paid in advance two dollars n ! fifty cts will e charged tk\r_i inserted at j i for the first and 25 cts m.i - 1 m j ien insertion court ordprs chirged g5 per ct higher than these rates a liberal dedoe tion to th '- â– who advertise by the year s to the editors must be post paid the mecklenburg declaration a few days since in the senate mr shepard submitted a report from lhe committee to whom was referred the com munication of the governor in relation to the colonial and revolutionary history of xorth carolina accompanied by le fol lowing highly interesting letter from mr bancroft the american minister at lon don to the hon david l swain of this state the fetter is as follows 90 eaton square london ) 4th july 1848 j my dear sir : i hold it in good augu ry that your letter of the 12th of june reached me by the herman just in time to he answered this morning you may be sure that j have spared no pains to discover in the british state pa per office a copy of the resolves of the committee of mecklenburg ; and with entire success a glance at the map will 5j10.v you that in those days the traffic of that part of north carolina took a southerly direction and people in charles ton and sometimes even in savannah knew what was going on in charlotte town before governor martin the first account of " the extretordinary re solves by lhe people in charlotte town llecklenbury county was scut over to england by sir james wright then go vernor ol georgia in a letter of the 20th of june 1775 the newspaper thus trans lated is still preserved and is the number : 98 of the south carolina gazette and country journal tuesday june 13 1775 i read the resolves you may be sure with reverence and immediately obtained a copy of them ; thinking myself the sole discoverer i do not send you the copy ; as it is identically the same with the pa per which you enclosed to me ; but i for ' ward to you a transcript of the entire let ' ter of sir james wright the newspa ' per seems lo have reached him after he ( had finished his despatch for the para ; graph relating to it is added in his own ' hand-writing lhe former part ofthe letter , '' being written by a secretary or clerk [ '' 1 have read a great many papers rela ' ting to the regulators and am having copies made of a large number your own state ought to have them all and the expense would be for the state insignifi ! cant if it does not send an agent on pur ' pose a lew hundred dollars would copy all you need from the state paper oflice on al north carolina topics the reg ulators are on many accounts important i tht-;i complaints wen well founded and i were so acknowledged though their op , i pressors were only nominally punished < they form the connecting link between i resistance to lhe swamp act and the movement of 17 75 ; and they also played i a glorious part in taking possession ofthe mississippi valley towards which they were carried irresistibly by their love ot ; ' independence it is a mistake if any i have supposed that the regulators were i cowed down by their defeat at the alle i nance like the mammoth they shook j i the bolt from their brow and crossed the ! i mountains i 1 shall always be glad to hear from you ' and to be of use to yon or your state very truly your , " g eol tg e b a nc roft d l swain esq chapel hill north carolina the above letter establishes the fact beyond all question that independence was irsl proclaimed in mecklenburg north carolina in mm 1775 thc letter of sir james wright refer red to by mr bancroft closes as follows by the enclosed paper your lordship will see the extraordinary resolves of the people of charlotte town in mecklen burg county ; and i should not be surpris ed if the same should be done every where else â€” n ('â– standard col robert t paine however tardy perhaps they may have been hitherto mani testations are now daily multiplying of the appreciation in which lhe services and character of the officer whose name heads this paragraph are held by the people of that state whose regiment in mexico he did so much to elevate the malignity of certain politi cal foes at home may have the effect lemporariiy lo retard tributes to that merit hich is so eminently bis ; but the recol lection and proper estimate of the same will remain long after thair virulence will have been forgotten we had the gratification of being pre sent at the presentation to col paine on thursday last of a most rich and superb pair of silver pitchers by the patriotic citizens of wilmington through the hands of their committee composed of messrs wright t d meares and robert h cowan the people of that whole-souled immunity have thus added to the envia ble reputation which they have always of being foremost in every act which could redound to the credit of the slate the presentation address was deliver ed by rohert h cowan esq and we are quite sure that we refiect the sentiments Â°' all who heard it when we pronounce f'to have been equally beautiful and feel , 8 in its conception and handsome and chaste in its delivery our sister of wil was as fortunate in the selection i her representatives upon the occasion has shown herself generous in be , rowing honors upon the meritorious and the reply of col paine who j tito par at ttvt a w a tfixjai a at 1 uu v arty lill i a w a 1 vttlvl al i â€¢ bruneb & james ) editors .- prophet \ " u a .^â„¢" Â«" â„¢ genu harrison volume v number 37 salisbury n c thursday january 18 1849 was much affected was characterized by a grateful sense of thc honor paid him â€” raleigh register supreme court â€” this tribunal con vened in this city on monday last all the judges present the following gentle men have been admitted to county court practice : thomas webb of hillsborough ; l d pender of tarborough ; william cook of chatham john b bynum of north ampton ; john d flyman of edgecomb ; rufus w wharton of guilford ; joseph s cannon of perquimans ; alexander mclean of robeson ; menalcus lank ford of franklin ; j b ben bury eden ton ; william s bryan of raleigh r k bryan of fayetteville : thos beck with plymouth ; c n davis marion ; a w burton lincolton ; j r stubbs beaufort ; ii dek cabiniss shelby ; h b hardy windsor ; jasper w davis stokes county ; dewitt c stone louis burg ; thomas c manning edenton ; george b wetmore richmond county ; jesse p smith and ralph buxton fay etteville j marshall clement mocks ville james g scott greensboro jo seph branch batchelor halifax ; and william c hunter newbern â€” register compliment to col paine our readers were informed some months since that many of the friends of colonel paine in this place had it in contempla tion to show their appreciation of his gal j lant services by some suitable public de ; monstralion the presentalion of a pair of silver pitchers was finally resolved on ! and we are happy to be able to state that ! the pitchers are now in this place they are extremely beautiful chaste and rich ; ' and are the more appropriate because of their great durability they will soon be delivered to colonel paine in raliegh and our townsmen messrs wm a wright thos d meares and robt w cowan have been selected to perform the grateful task of presenting them â€” wil com the climate of florida â€” the editor of the st augustine herald on the 14th ultimo mentions the receipt of some beau tiful " guava two cotton blooms and specimens of sugar besides having seen a half blown peach and having figs with in reach of his office window â€” all the pro duct of florida in the month of decern i ber the tallahassee sentinel slates that it was not until the morning after christmas ihat the atmosphere at that place put on a spice of chilliness the weather which was rather unseasonable had caus ed the sprouting of the mulberry trees and garden vegetables of all sorts and even ripe strawberries had been found in the , woods on the outskirts of the town caught at last the three swindlers who have been prowling about in the counties of moore cumberland robeson and richmond in north carolina and in marlborough dis trict in this state for several weeks past were arrested on friday last and commit ted to the jail of richmond county they had succeeded in passing oft several hun dred dollars in ten dollar counterfeit bills on the bank of cape fear one hundred dollars of which was paid to mr charles dry of union county n c in the district of marlborough s c for a horse and 8 iso to mr noah gibson of richmond for a couple of horses we bave been unable to learn any of the particulars fur ther than the above and that they had re fused to give their names or answer any questions whatever the country is rife with such swindlers and the people should be upon the lookout â€” chcretu gazette the legislature of the state of ken tucky is now in session though we have not the particulars of its organization which are lumbering along iu the mail bags we know per telegraph that the hon thomas metcalfe now holding a seat in the senate by appointment ofthe executive filling the seat lately occu pied by mr crittenden has been elected by the legislature to serve out the resi due of that senatorial term it will ex pire we are sorry to say on the 3rd of march next â€” nat int an anecdote which has been the rounds of the papers has just started again it relates to the rev dr kirk of boston who officiated on sunday in the rev mr beecher's church viz : early in life a la dy of fortune whose attention was awa kened towards him by his conspicuous talents wrote bim a note offering her heart fortune and hand the rev dr however with more terseness than gal lantry replied to her that she had better give her heart to the lord her fortune to the church and reserve her hand for him who should ask it hot hon james c dobbin and c b hassell esq have been elected by the legislature trustees of the university two yet remain to be chosen st ate legislature tuesday jan 2 senate the bill to incorporate statesville male academy in iredell passed its 1st read ing mr wroodfin modified his amendment after which further proceedings were sus pended by a message from the other house and the senate proceeded to the special order being the election of 4 trustees of the university , mr albright from the committee ap pointed to superintend the election for four trustees of the university reported that mr dobbin was duly elected and no one else had a majority third reading and passage of bills to incorporate the camden guards ; to re ' vive an act to incorporate the town of trent bridge in jones ; to amend the laws in relation to the collection of taxes in the town of newbern second reading and passage of bills to incorporate the town of salisbury ; to incorporate davidson mining and smelt ing company on motion of mr gilmer the bill in re lation to the wilmington and raleigh railroad was made the order of the day for friday next the bill to provide for the payment of1 the debts of the state to the bank of cape fear and bank of the state and other li abilities for endorsement for the raliegh and gas'on railroad c was read the 2d time amended on motion of mr shep i ard and passed on motion of mr gilmer the bill was read the third time mr thompson of wake moved to lay the bill upon the table which motion was rejected by a large majority the bill then passed house of commons mr smith moved to take up the bill to unite roanoke rail road and thc sea j board and roanoke railroad companies ; carried mr smith offered an amendment which ! was adopted the bill as amended pass j ed its second reading mr mebane announced to the house the arrival of hamilton c jones member from rowan elected iu tbe place of jno w ellis mr jones was then invited to the clerk's desk and after being duly qualified took i his seat mr smith moved fo put the bill which had just passed its 2d reading on its 3d reading carried ; and the bill passed its third and last reading mr blow moved to take up and con sider the bill to impose an additional tax on the venders of foreign made riding ve hides carried mr wads worth moved to refer the bill to the committee on finance upon this question there was a short discussion between messrs mebane courts blow stevenson and stanly the speaker cut i short the debate by announcing the arri val of the hour for taking up the joint or der â€” the election of trustees and the i house ihen proceeded to ballot the speaker announced the hour for ! taking up the special order of the day lhe bill to establish the bank of fayetteville on motion of mr dobbin the bill was , postponed until tomorrow the house then assumed the consider alion ofthe bill in relation to foreign made '. vehicles â€” the question being on the mo , tion of mr wadsworth to refer the bill to committee on finance â€” which did not prevail mr wadsworth moved to amend by striking out 100 and insert 50 car i ried i the bill then passed its third reading wednesday january 3 1849 senate third reading and passage of bills â€” to amend an act to incorporate the town of monroe ; to extend the time for register ing giants cc ; to incorporate davidson mining and smelting company ; a bill in relation to a road in ashe county ; to in corporate the town of salisbury the bill supplementary to the act to lay off and establish a county named forsythe was taken up and read the se cond time mr gilmer moved to strike out all af ter the enacting clause aud insert a sub stitute which he offered ; but before it was read the senate took up in committee of the whole mr patterson in the chair the special order â€” being the bill to incorpo rate the north carolina railroad com pany after a number of slight amendments mr bower moved to strike out the 5th section of the bill mr shepard on behalf of the commit tee proceeded to address the senate in explanation of the general character of the bill this speech was characterized by great plainness in its demonstrations and ability the motion of mr bower was then re jected on motion of mr halsey the commit tee rose and reported progress and then the senate adjourned house of commons mr williams moved to take up and consider the bill to establish the bank of fayetteville carried mr caldwell ofguilfoid moved to a mend the bill by striking out 300,000 and insert 800,000 adopted mr dobbin offered several amendments which were adopted the bill as amended passed its 2d rea ding by a vote of 81 in thc affirmative to 27 in the negative on motion of mr jones of rowan the bill was put upon its third reading mr mebane moved to strike out the word 'â€¢ equivalent and insert " specie â€” rejected â€” the bill passed 3d reading thursday jan 4 senate mr patterson reported that c b has sel was elected a trustee of the univer sity mr lane a bill to incorporate the town of ashboro in randolph the senate then went into committee ofthe whole mr patterson in the chair and took up the bill to incorporate tbe north carolina railroad company and for other purposes several amendments were then proposed and adopted mr gilmer proposed to strike out two millions and insert three in the 65th line ofthe loth section and to alter oth er provisions of tbe bill so as to accord with making the capital stock of the company three millions the amend ment was rejected mr gilmer then moved another amend ment to the effect that in certain cir ! cumstances the treasurer should be au thorized to subscribe one and a half mil lions giving the state two thirds of the capital stock the amendment was re jected the committee then rose and reported the bill to the house with the amend ments which were agreed to house of commons . mr kelly presented a memorial from some religious society and moved its re ference to the committee on propositions and grievannes mr miller moved to lay on the table the chair stated that the memorial would lie over until to-morrow mr campbell presented a memorial in relation to the militia referred to the committee on military affairs mr white introduced a bill to repeal an act to establish a poor work house in the counties of jones and randolph re ferred to the committee on judiciary mr hayman introduced a bill to auth orize major jno clark of beaufort to make a road referred to the committee on propositions and grievances mr regan introduced a bill to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors in the vicini ty of floral college referred to the committee on private bills mr ferebee introduced a bill to pro vide for the establishment of a medical board in north carolina ; which on mo tion of mr f was ordered to be printed and made the order of the day for monday next evening session mr mcdowell of iredell moved to make the bill to establish the new county of graham the order of the day for satur day next carried mr cherry from the committee on ed ucation reported favorably to the bill to authorize the superintendents of common schools for the county of rowan to in vest a part of their funds passed its second reading friday jan 5 senate mr ashe moved that the senate take up and consider the bill lo locate the judg es of the superior courls the bill was read the second time and passed it provides that in all elections of judges hereafter the choice shall be made from some one circuit in which no judge resides cc the bill to provide for making a turn pike road from salisbury west to the line of the state of georgia passed its third reading ayres 26 noes 20 mr gilmer moved to take up and con sider the bill supplementary to the act of the present session dividing the county of stokes the question being on the sub stitute proposed by the judiciary commit tee a discussion of some length commenc ed here between messrs gilmer and ex um in favor and messrs reich and tho mas of davidson against the substitute to whom mr gilmer made a short rejoin der and was followed by mr thomas of davidson after which mr patterson gave notice of an amendment he desired to offer to the original bill when it shall come up air p explained and advoca ted his amendment the question was then taken on strik ing out the original bill and determined in the negative yeas 19 nays 26 the question recurred on the passage of the supplemental bill when mr woodfin offered an additional sec tion to th bill which produced some dis cussion and after being modified by the 1 mover was opposed by mr smith the amendment was rejected the question was then taken on the passage of the bill and determined in the affirmative yeas 30 nays 8 mr drake reported that lewis thomp son was elected trustee of the university no other person having a majority house of commons the following passed their 2d and 3j reading : a bill to open and improve a road from ashe county to yancv ; a bill authorising certain persons to collect ar rears of taxes ; a bill to amend a chapter ; of revised statutes concerning religious societies ; a bill to incorporate davidson mining company mr palmer presented a memorial from citizens of stanly county praying for the t removal of a justice of the peace re ferred to committee on judiciary saturday jan 6 senate mr halsey a bill to make if the duty of sheriffs c who make sales of land toe under execution to make deeds for the same same reference mr lane a bill to impose taxes on ! transient merchants in any of the incor porated towns of this state the senate then proceeded to unfinish ed business being the consideration of the bill to incorporate the north carolina railroad mr bethel's motion to post pone said bill indefinitely having been i withdrawn the question recurred on mr bower's motion to strike out the fifth sec tion of the bill mr rogers moved an amendment to said section providing that the stockhold ers and abligors of the r & g railroad themselves shall subscribe 500,000 c and when the board of internal improve ments and the attorney general shall re port iheir solvency they shall be releas ed c the object of lhe amendment was to secure from these stockholders and obli gors as much subscription as the amount of their bonds to the state mr joyner was of opinion ihat to impose such a bur den upon them was more than they could bear â€” and if the success of this measure depended upon this amendment it would operate fatally those gentlemen who took part in the debate on this amendment were messrs joyner shepard thompson of bertie gilmer worth and smith the question was then taken on mr rogers's amendment as modified ayes 13 noes 31 so the amendment was re jected mr joyner moved an amendment to come in at the end of the 5th section that whenever 500,000 shall be paid by said stockholders and obligors and on payment of costs incurred they shall be discharg ed occ mr smiih oilered an amendment as a substitute for the fifth section after the enacting clause providing that those who may subscribe shall give adequate secu rity to the state for payment arc and , those who thus subscribe shall be released ; to the amount of their subscriptions and i when 500,000 shall be paid in all the stockholders and obligors shall be dis charged upon payment of costs zc the question was taken on mr joy ti er's amendment which was rejected ayes â– ; 19 noes 24 mr smith's amendment being then in order a division of the question was call ed for and was first taken on striking out all after the enacting clause and by ayes i 23 noes 21 prevailed the question recurred on inserting , which was rejected ayes 21 noes 21 mr bower's motion to strike out the fifth section was then carried mr gilmer moved to strike out " two and insert three making the capital stock three millions agreed to the question was then laken on tlie passage of the bill on its second reading by yeas and nays as follow : those who voted in the affirmative are messrs albright ashe bell daniel davidson gilmer halsey hargrove haw kins joyner lane miller patter son shepard smaw thomas of david son thomas of haywood thomp.^on of wake washington woodfin and worth 21 those who voted in the negative are messrs barnard berry bethel bower collins conner drake exum faison graham hester kendall move murcht son reich rogers smith speight spicer thompson ot bertie walker ward watson willey and woolen â€” 25 the engrossed resolutions approving of the project of a whitney for a railroad lo the pacific ocean being read mr shepard moved to lay them on the table alongside of the north carolina railroad bill decided in the affirmative by yeas 40 noes 6 the chair presented a message from governor manly enclosing a letter from miss dix in reply to the resolutions of the general assembly and the senate adjourned messrs albright and hawkins oted in the negative at first but afterwards changed their vote to the affirmative sa did mr thompson of wake house of commons * a message was received from governor j manly transmitting a communication from miss l)ix in reply to a resolution of thanks passed by ihe iwo mouses which on motion of mr martin was sent to the senate a message was received from the sen ate transmitting a report from the joint â€¢ select committee on swamp lands which was concurred in also a bill to provide for making a turnpike road from salis bury to ihe georgia line which passed its first reading mr canady from lhe select commit tee to whom was referred lbe bill to in corporate the granville savings bank re ported lhe same hack to the house and recommended its passage passed its 2nd reading mr mcmnllen moved to take up and consider the bill to incorporate the sav ings bank of milton carried the passage of the bill was advocated by mr mcmullen and opposed hy messrs mebane satterthwaite steve nsoo and stanly the bill did no pass mohdav jan 8 senate mr gilmer introduced a biil to incor porate greensboro and ml airy turn pike company passed its lirst reading mr graham moved the reconsideration ofthe vote by whicli t'ae bill to incorpor ate the north carolina railroad company i was rejected on saturday last the mo ! tion prevailed and the bill was made the special order for thursday next mr ashe moved that the bill to locate the judges of the superior courts be put on its third reading after some discussion between messrs gilmer ashe smith and thomas of hay wood the bill passed ayes 32 noes 14 tbe engrossed bill to lay oil tbe stale into eight judicial circuits passed its first reading on motion of mr ashe the use of the senate chamber was granted on tomor row afternoon to a committee from wil mington for the purpose of presenting a pair of pitchers to col paine mr lillington lhe senator from row an and davie who had been unexpected ly called away on business of importance and had been absent during the past week appeared in the senate to day and resum ed his seat â€” reporter house or commons mr mcintosh presented a memorial and bill lo attach a part of wilkes county to alexander referred to committee on propositions and grievances mr court from the committee nn proposi tions and grievance reported unfavorably to the hill to emancipate jno good on motion of mr jones of orange the bill was indefinite ly postponed also unfavorably to lhe bill to authorize a free colored man of wayne io e mancipate his wile ami children mr shufonl moved lo postpone the biil indefinitely on this question there was a short discussion partici pated in hy messrs brogden miller court and stanly mr brogden opposed indefinite postponement and exposed at some ien^lh the peculiar and reat hardships of the case before the house mr b was followed by messrs miller mn courts in support ol indefinite postponement ; when mr stanljf s:iiÂ«i iha this was a rase t f real hardship and be had beard ihe remarks oflhe gentleman from wayne not without being mov ed by ihe representation mr s said hi hill related lo a eery unfortunate class of our popu lation and though li did not v ai bat their number should he increased yet il was imt the policy ofour laws nor in accordance with thu feelings ot our people to keep them iu a degrad ed state among us i propose an amendment giving the peliti iners in 7:7 c i the prii of leaving ih state within a certain lived pe riod â€” say len years or less â€” after the passage of this act il ihey are not emancipated as this bill contemplates ihey wiil remain at free except in name the amendment 1 propose will hold oui to them inducements for struggling tor the means of going to some home v here they wil he more respected and may ba uscf_.i citizens 1 hope tha motion for indefinite postponement will he withdrawn lhal 1 may oiler the amend ment i desire i believe sir it is better to af ford facilities for emancipation lhan fo reiu*e ihem absolutely i'he laws a ihey now stand are too severe and interpose difficulties lo e mancipation which i wish to e lessened the following is lhe amendment offered by mr stanly provided tha lhe slaves hereby emancipat ed shall iwt have ll.e benefit of ibis act unless they shall leave lhe stale of north carolina within five vein afier ihe passage ofthis act the motion lor indefinite postponement was not withdrawn the bill was postponed â€” 56 to 53 mr courts also reported unfavorably lo tha bill aulhori.-i danl skein lo emancipate hii wife on motion i wa indefinitely postponed the speaker announced the lima for taking in the special order 7 a bill providing for ihe establishment ofa medical board evening i ession the hoose resumed i considerati n ofthe bill vi establish a me li ... b aid in and for lhc state the question was taken on the pas-a of the bill andd scided intbeaffiraiativ â€” a io 15 mr barrii ger moved to take up the bill la incorporate the charlotte and danville roar and make it the oroer ofthe ay for ll o'clock to-morrow lost mr caldwell of burke moved lo mu ike bill to provide foi a t irnpike road fr m salia burv to the <> rg â– line lhe order of lhc day for friday at 12 o'clock carried on motion of mr mcdowell lhe bill lo ea tablish a new county lÂ»y the name ct irahaaa wis laken up mr willi rn :- i ve.iit.r the iod sfin ' ' ' ponementofihe bill on this question m mcdowell and williams i !"' atnae alter which ihe muti n pi 69 ;' j tlie washing on nion states tbat a letter has just been r ived by lhe war department irom ma r gen 1 avl-r re , signing his commission in ihe army or the i united states to take effect on the list january